Duncan U. Fletcher

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (6 January 1859-17 June 1936) was a US Senator from Florida (D) from 4 March 1909 to 17 June 1936, succeeding William Hall Milton and preceding William Luther Hill.

Biography
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher was born in Americus, Georgia in 1859, and he became a lawyer in 1881. He set up a law practice in Jacksonville, Florida, and he was an early investor in 1,300 acres in what is now Fort Lauderdale, starting Florida Fiber. He was also involved in the railroad industry before being elected to the Jacksonville city council in 1887. From 1893 to 1895 and from 1901 to 1903, Fletcher served as Mayor, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1908, serving until his death in 1936. He was a progressive, and he was Florida's longest-serving senator.